BOULDER, Colo. — Boulder High senior Jack Gaffney painted his first piano a couple of years ago, spattering a 1956 spinet piano that he found on Craigslist with multiple colors beforehand, painting the keys.

A musician, he used the lightweight piano — tuned and refurbished by his piano technician, Ryan Elison — to perform on Pearl Street Mall over the past three summers.

Holidays can be a challenging time for residents of long-term care facilities, and their families. Two questions are often asked: Can I bring my loved one home, or to a holiday celebration, and what can I do to ensure a successful visit that doesn’t feel awkward?

When Jordan Willsey traded the battlefield for the classroom, he brought with him a global perspective that he tries to impress on his students.

Willsey, now a teacher at Goshen High School, was compelled by the terrorist attacks of 9/11 to enlist in the U.S. Army Reserve in 2002. After two deployments to Iraq, Willsey arrived back home in South Bend in 2009 and decided he wanted to “stop being a doofus and grow up.”